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Gandaka or Gandaki is a holy river which rises in the hills
of southern Tibet and flows
through Nepal and India. The
river is highly sacred because the pebbles in the river bear the chakra mark –
Sudarshana Chakra of Vishnu. There are two stories associated with the origin
of the GandakiRiver. The story in the
As per Varaha Purana, GandakiRiver
flowed from the perspiration on Vishnu’s cheek.
Another legend has it that GandakiRiver
observed a severe penance to obtain boon from Vishnu that he should be his son.
Vishnu granted the boon by residing in her in the form of Saligrama.
Gandaki is known as Sapta-Gandaki in Nepal. The
river merges with Ganga at Sonepur in Bihar in India.

Here are a few quotes from Hindu Bible which is known as the Bhagavad Gita:
When a man thinks of objects, ‘attachment’ for them arises; from attachment ‘desire’ is born; from desire arises ‘anger’ (Chapter II, 62)
From anger comes delusion; from delusion ‘loss of memory’; from loss of memory the destruction of discrimination; from destruction of discrimination, he perishes.(Chapter II, 63)
Those who are free from pride and delusion.
Those who have conquered the evil attachments of this world.
Those whose desires and cravings have disappeared.
Those who are no longer bound by the pairs called pleasure and pain.
Those who abide perpetually in the Atman,
Reach that EternalState which is changeless.
That state which the enlightened enter is My Supreme
Infinite Being, which is illuminated with Self-consciousness,
And not by the light of the sun, moon or fire.
Thus once he attains Me, there is no return. (Chapter XV, 5-6)
Sacrifice which involves knowledge of Brahman is superior to sacrifi…

This Bhagavad Gita mp3 audio in Telugu is provided by the
Yatharth Geeta website. Each 18 chapter of the Bhagavad Gita is divided into
different mp3 files. The translation and explanation in Telugu is provided by
Shri Paramahansji Maharaj.
The size of the files vary from 20 MB to 44 MB. You will
have to download several files to get the complete Bhagavad Gita with
commentary in Telugu.
Each chapter is divided into two separate files. All
eighteen chapters are available for download.
You can download Bhagavad Gita MP3 in Telugu here at yatharth geeta.

The 17th century Mewar Ramayana manuscript consists of 400
exquisite paintings. But the pages of this wonderful tribute to the epic
Valmiki Ramayan was in two countries – majority of the pages in Britain and the rest of the pages in India. Now the
two countries have joined to create a digitized version of the book. Times of India reports
The Mewar manuscript was commissioned by Rana Jagat Singh I
of Mewar in 1649 - who regarded himself as a direct descendent of Lord Ram and
contains over 400 exquisite paintings.
It is widely considered to be one of the finest of all
surviving illustrated copies. The British Library currently holds around 80% of
the surviving manuscript and the remaining folios are held by the CSMVSMuseum
as well as the BarodaMuseum and Rajastan
Oriental Institute.
The digitized version will go live on March 21.
The project was announced by British Prime Minister David Cameron during his
trip to Mumbai last year.
The project is funded by one of the oldest philanthro…

Our problem has been that whilst living in this body of five
elements, our mental energies gradually become trapped by our physical
surroundings, including the body. We lost sight of our divinity. Consequently,
those original qualities diminished. To the extent that we lost them, the gap
tended to be filled by five negative tendencies or vices – lust, anger,
attachment, greed and ego.
These vices are not original to us, but they took more and
more of a grip on our consciousness as our actions moved progressively further
away from our true and original nature.
We live increasingly from outside to in, such that the world
outside eventually so dominated our thinking as to obscure or block our
awareness of the inner being.
When I have the experience that I am, in truth, a diving
being, distinct from the body, the original qualities of the soul re-emerge
naturally. They become fully active again. Dadi Janki of BrahmakumarisSource – Inside Out – Introduction page 7